The search is on for the gunman who shot and killed a 22-year-old woman last weekend as she sat with friends in a car near an East L.A. elementary school.
Lexus Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday in the 600 block of South Humphreys Avenue, near Humphreys Avenue Elementary School. It happened around 11 a.m. as she sat in a friend’s car.
The owner of the car was struck in the hand and another friend in the backseat was unhurt, but relatives say Gutierrez was hit in the head.
“A car drove by and just shot at them and unfortunately she was the one that was hit,” said Patricia Ramirez, Lexus’ aunt. “She had a big heart, she was kind, she was very loving and she was loved.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau is investigating the shooting. The department said a small, four-door sedan was spotted leaving the scene.
Gutierrez’s family is hoping the crime may have been caught on nearby security cameras, or that someone will come forward and identify the shooter.